National Research Council Canada Regional Building Condition Assessment (BCA) Program
4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1W5 The National Research Council Canada (NRC) is in need of building condition assessments to evaluate the current condition of one of its real property assets. The property in need of assessment is: Building VAN-1, 4250 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1W5;
These assessments are part of Real Property Planning and Management's (RPPM) on-going efforts to determine the most appropriate management strategy for the retention, maintenance and/or rehabilitation/renewal of the site, buildings and building elements in order to satisfy the Government of Canada's (GoC) current and future requirements as they relate to their Science Assets. Given the significant investment required to recapitalize these assets, the importance of a repeatable, rigorous, analysis of the inventory, including condition assessment, financial, utilization and adequacy, is critical to the ongoing life-cycle management of these assets. Building Condition Assessments provide foundational, detailed, technical information on which these analyses are based. The Building Condition Assessment process is used to assess the physical condition of real property assets. The intent is to generate building condition information that enables capital planning for rehabilitation, renovation and replacement based on objectively applied criteria of condition. For each building, the Building Condition Assessment must include the following information: the general characteristics of a site, building and building elements;
history of additions, renovations or major system improvements;
condition rating of building elements such as structure, building envelope, electrical, and mechanical systems;
comments on maintenance requirements;
comments on essential corrective/remedial requirements;
information on the life-cycle capital cost of refurbishment or replacement of building elements;
information on the current replacement value (CRV) or replacement cost new (RCN) of each building, including major group elements (ASTM Uniformat II Level 1), group elements (ASTM Uniformat II Level 2), individual elements (ASTM Uniformat II Level 3), and sub-elements (ASTM Uniformat II Level 4). See Appendix A; and
capital cost plans presented on a yearly basis for work over the next 25 year life-cycle of the buildings and elements. The method of contractor selection has not been determined at this time.
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